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FOLDING BATH TUB.

No. 828,480. Patented May 20, 1890.

l lllllllllll llllllllllll UNITED STATES PATENT OEEicEa EDGAR H. GRANT,OF MARSHALL, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO WILLIAM BROAD'WELL, OFSAME PLACE.

FOLDING BATH-TUB.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 428,480, dated May 20,1890.

Application filed February 15, 1890' Serial No. 340,616. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDGAR H. GRANT, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Marshall, in the county of Calhoun and State ofMichigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in FoldingBath- Tubs; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in foldingbath-tubs.

The object of the invention is to provide a bath-tub waste or outletpipe which can be A attached to-the bottom of the bath-tub, the end ofsaid outlet-pipe being adapted to enter the mouth of apermanently-secured wastepipe, said permanent pipe being attached to atwo-part casting carrying a gasket, one side of said casting beingflared, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and particularlyclaimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of afolding bath-tub to which my invention is adapted to be applied. Fig. 2is a similar view showing the bath-tub closed; and Fig. 3 is a sideview, partly in section, of the casting.

A refers to the folding bath-tub, which is provided with rollers a a,located at the lower corner or foot of the tub, so as to hold the end ofthe tub slightly raised from the floor when closed, as shown in. Fig. 2.Arms 1) are pivotally secured to the wall and to the inner sides of thetub, so that when the tub is lowered in aposition for use it will beslightly inclined toward the end where the waste-pipe is located. Bythis construction the tub when swung downwardly will be a slightdistance from the wall, and when folded will stand against the same andabove the floor-level. To such a tub I attach to the bottom thereof,near the foot, an outlet-pipe O, whichis formed with an elbow, as shown,and the end which enters the permanent waste-pipe is slightly tapered.

D refers to a fixture made up of two castings D'.and D having flanges cland (1 with perforations, whereby they are secured togethered byordinary bolts, and between these castings D and D is placed a rubberpacking e, which has a central opening of less di- 5 5 ameter than theend of the pipe 0. The lower ends of each of these castings have offsetsf an df ,with countersunk perforations, through which screws can bepassed for securing the fixture D permanently to the floor in its properposition, which is determined by the position of the arms or pivotedrods 5. The projecting portion of the casting D .is internallyscrew-threaded for the attachment of a pipe E, and the casting D has acorresponding projecting portion, the inner face of which is inclined toform a guide for the end of the outlet-pipe C. By this constructionthere is provided a cheap, simple, and effective means for supplying afolding bath-tub with a waste- I pipe which can be attached to thebottom of the tub, instead of above the bottom, as has been customary.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- I In combination with afolding bath-tub having rollers a a and rods Z) I), said rods beinghinged to the tub and to a fixed support, an outlet-pipe secured to thebottom of the tub and provided with a portion which extends 86 parallelwith the bottom thereof, a two-part fixture D, one of the sides of whichhas a conical projecting flange, the other portion being internallyscrew-threaded, a gasket clamped between the two parts of the fixture topresent an internal projecting portion within the fixture, the latterbeing adapted to be secured to the floor, so that the waste-pipeattached to the tub will enter the same and bear within the internalprojecting portion of the 90 gasket to secure a tight joint,substantially as set forth.

I11 testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDGAR H. GRANT.

\Vitnesses:

IIARRY CATHCART, G. B. CANNEY.

